Luarnet

Can’t Find Little Johnny? Ring His Cell analiza varios teléfonos diseñados para niños pequeños. Sólo pueden llamar a ciertos números y la mayoría sólo reciben llamadas de esos mismos números. Así mismo, son muy fáciles de operar. Pero no sustituyen a la responsabilidad paterna:

Some people, no doubt, are shocked by the very question. Why on earth would an elementary schooler need a cellphone? Whatever happened to responsible parental supervision, making children earn their rewards, and sending them to play stickball outside?

But millions of other parents see the appeal immediately. They’d argue that in the modern world, parent-child separations occur almost every day, brought about by play dates, after-school activities, getting lost at the mall, parents working late and the shuttling between divorced spouses. In these situations, a cellphone could be a nerve-calming lifeline.

But not a traditional cellphone. Security is one reason; you don’t want heavy-breathing strangers calling them up and luring them to shadowy places. Complexity is another; goodness knows there are plenty of adults who find modern cellphones overwhelming.

(vía textually.org)